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Ishtar and Izdubar

Epiphanius Wilson

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Ishtar is the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the cognate north-west Semitic goddess Astarte. Ishtar is a goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex. In the Babylonian pantheon, she "was the divine personification of the planet Venus." Ishtar was above all associated with sexuality: her cult involved sacred prostitution; her holy city Uruk was called the "town of the sacred courtesans"; and she herself was the "courtesan of the gods." Ishtar was the daughter of Sin or Anu. She was particularly worshiped at Nineveh and Arbela .

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dodo Press

Release: January 01, 2010

ISBN: 1409935523

ISBN 13: 9781409935520

Ishtar and Izdubar

Epiphanius Wilson

4/5 ( ratings)

Ishtar is the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the cognate north-west Semitic goddess Astarte. Ishtar is a goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex. In the Babylonian pantheon, she "was the divine personification of the planet Venus." Ishtar was above all associated with sexuality: her cult involved sacred prostitution; her holy city Uruk was called the "town of the sacred courtesans"; and she herself was the "courtesan of the gods." Ishtar was the daughter of Sin or Anu. She was particularly worshiped at Nineveh and Arbela .

Language: English

Pages: 200

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dodo Press

Release: January 01, 2010

ISBN: 1409935523

ISBN 13: 9781409935520

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